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"Alexandra," she breathed, wide-eyed. "Tobias."

She seemed almost stunned to see us. It almost made me mad. She had the fortune of knowing we were alive. She knew our hearts were still beating and that we were still breathing. I thought her heart had stopped beating years ago. In theory it probably did, you'd think a mother would have to die before she left them with a monster like Marcus Eaton.

I remembered waking up to a house full of grave-faced Abnegation and my father explaining to Tobias and I that she had died due to a complication with a pregnancy. I knew it was bullshit, but it was the only kind of closure that we had so we believed it. We were probably only nine? Ten years old?

"You're supposed to be dead," Tobias said, flatly.

"I know," she looked away from us and wiped something from her eyes. Tears? It was too dark for me to be sure. "I'm not."

"No shit," I grumbled, almost frustrated. "Were you even pregnant?"

"Pregnant? Is that what they told you, something about dying in child birth?" She shook her head. "No, I wasn't. I had been planing my exit for months, I needed to disappear. I thought he might tell you when you were old enough."

I rolled my eyes as I shook my head. I heard Tobias let out an award sort of laugh, like a bark. "You thought that Marcus Eaton would admit that his wife left him. To us?" I counter.

"You're his children," Evelyn said, frowning. "He loves you."

Then Tobias did something that took me off guard. He laughed. Like genuinely laughed. It was strange, almost sounding mechanical. To be honest, it scared me a little.

"You have a right to be angry that you were lied to," she said. "I would be angry, too. But I had to leave. I know you understand why…"

She reached out for him, but he grabbed her wrist and pushed her away. "Don't touch me." He shifted closer to me.

"All right, all right." She put her palms up and backed away. "Bu you must understand, you must."

"What I understand is that you left us alone in a house with that sadistic maniac," he barked.

Her shoulders slumped, as if she was slowly crumbling on the inside. Even her face went slack, as it dawned on her what he was saying Again, he stepped closer to me so he was right next to me. His face darkened as he crossed his arms, giving him a harder, tougher appearance.

"I-" she started.

"Stop wasting our time," I spat. "What do you want from us? It's been seven years since you died and you never tried to do this dramatic reveal before, so what's different now?"

At first she didn't answer. Then she pulled herself together, visibly, and said, "We, the factionless, like to keep an eye on things. Things like the Choosing Ceremony. This time, our eye told me that just like you, Tobias, Alexandra choose Dauntless. I've become… kind of a leader to the factionless, so I couldn't risk going myself."

"Well, well," I roll my eyes. "What important parents we have. I feel of so lucky." My voice dripping with sarcasm.

"This isn't like you. This isn't lie either of you. Are you even the least bit happy to see me?"

"Not really," I mumbled.

"Happy to see you again?" Tobias questioned. "We barely remember you, Evelyn. We've lived as long without you as we did with you."

Her face contorted. Tobias hit a nerve. Good.

"When you both chose Dauntless," she continued, "I knew it was time to reach out to you two. I've always planned to find you, after you chose and were on your own, so that I could invite you to join me."

Join her? What kind of joke was that?

"Join you," Tobias said. "Become factionless? Why would we want to do that?"

"Our city is changing. The factionless are coming together and so are Dauntless and Erudite." What was she talking about? "Sometime soon, everyone will have to choose a side, and I know which one you would rather be on. I think you can really make a difference with us."

"You know which side we'd rather be on?" I countered. "Really? If I had to ever choose a side it wouldn't be your's. I'm Dauntless, so is he," I motioned towards to Tobias. "We're not faction traders."

"You aren't one of those adrenaline junkies," she snapped, which took me a little of guard. "Just like you weren't a mindless Stiff. You can be so much more."

"You don't know who I am or what I'm capable of," I growled. "I'm in the process of become a Dauntless leader, I'm doing just fine where I am."

"Don't be naive," she narrowed her eyes. "They don't want a new leader, just a pawn they can manipulate."

"I won't be manipulated by them and I certain won't be manipulated by you. So, you can stick your offer and shove it where the sun doesn't shine." I turned and storm to the end of the platform.

"Alexandra!" She called, but I ignore her and made my way down the stairs as fast a humanly possible. I couldn't listen to her anymore. I couldn't stand the sight of her. She left us to suffer with him and then shows up seven years later telling us who we are, what we should do, and what we're capable of.

My pace was quick, but not quite a run as I headed back home. It wasn't long though before I heard footsteps behind me. I had cooled of a bit, but I wasn't really in the mood to deal with anymore bullshit.

"Alex," Tobias matched my pace as he fell in next to me. I stopped, looking at him.

"What she was saying about the Dauntless and Erudite, is it true?" I asked.

"Yeah, I think it is. While I was in the control room I saw Max with Jeanie in his office. They're up to something, but I don't know what." He informed me.

"Max hasn't said anything to me and neither have the others." I didn't like the thought of being left out of the circle.

"Maybe Max hasn't told them yet. It isn't long before Leo steps down and Max is in charge." I shifted slightly, uncomfortable with the thought of Max hiding something even from Leo.

I looked up at him, realizing that the same anger that laced his features were no longer there. "Are you still pissed at me?" I asked, needing to know the answer.

"I'm not pissed at you," he said after a few moments of silence. "I'm pissed at the situation. Eric is the last person I ever wanted to see you with. But, I'm not going to tell you how to live your life, I'd being doing the same thing that she's trying to do. I still don't like him and I never will. And just the thought you with him, it makes me cringe and it makes me so mad…"

"Well, like I said, you don't have to like him. But, you need to respect the fact that I'm with him and that's not going to change anytime soon." I replied sternly.

"Why don't you understand the position you've put yourself in? You're divergent, Alex. Someone like Eric isn't too fond of divergents because he feels like they have an unfair advantage in life. He's dangerous. No matter how much you think he cares about you, it won't stop him from taking you out," his voice got slightly harsher, but remain at a normal level.

"You don't know him like I do," I argued.

"You're right, I know him better," Tobias shot back.

"I'm done with this conversation," I rolled my eyes, not wanting to deal with this anymore. First dealing with Tobias this morning, then my mother, and now revisiting this subject again was really wearing me down. There was only so much shit I could put up with at once.

"Well, I'm not," Tobias grabbed my arm, keeping me in place as I began to take off. "I'm your brother, it's my job to protect you and tell you when you're not making the right choice."

"As my bother you should let me live my life and make my own mistakes. You're not alway going to be there and I need to lead my own life without you there giving me directions."

He let my arm go, but I didn't take off, I stood there face to face with him. We needed to settle this. "I'm trying to prevent you from doing something you're going to regret."

"What if I don't regret it? What if what I end up regretting is listening to you?" I crossed my arms. "If this ends bad, then feel free to tell me 'I told you so', but until then, leave me be."

He sighed, running his hand over his face. I noticed that he only does that when he's stressed out. "Fine. But don't get mad when I throw the 'I told you so' in your face, because trust me, I will."

"Yeah, I know, Tobi," I gave him a small smile, he returned the gesture with a small smirk of his own. "Let's go home."

"Race you."

"What?" Before I got the chance to process what he said, he took off running. I sprinted after him, not able to fight the smile on my face. It reminded me when we used to race home after school.

To say the least, I lost. When we reached the apartments, we parted ways, thankfully on good terms this time. Once I reach the top floor, I stopped in front of Eric's door. As much as I would like to just curl up next to him right now, I needed some space. I hung around my apartment for the couple of hours. I couldn't manage to get back to sleep so I wait till a decent hour to go down and get some breakfast.

I was surprised to see so many people in the dinning hall this early, but then again they had jobs to get to as well. I grabbed a plate of eggs and a muffin before looking for a seat. I noticed a familiar face sitting at the far end of the hall and decided to join him.

"Hey, Jake," I smiled as I sat across from him.

He looked up from his plate, a surprised look on his face. "Well, hey there stranger."

"Yeah, I know," I haven't seen him since we all got together and played Candor or Dauntless. I felt guilty because I haven't really seen much of my friends since initiation ended.

"Tori said you came into the shop to get other tat, I was kinda disappointed that you didn't have me do it," he chuckled slightly as I took a bite of my muffin.

"It's not my fault that you can't hold your alcohol and called in sick that day," I smiled as shrugged my shoulders.

"Yeah, that was pretty rough… that night was pretty interesting." He started to pick at his food.

"That's an understatement," I searched his features for a hint as to what he was thinking about.

"I wasn't drunk when I kissed you," He finally spoke. "I wanted to kiss you. I have for a long time…"

"Jake…" No, no, no, please no.

"No, I'm serious. I always wanted to tell you how I felt, but it just seemed that you were going through so much with your dad that I didn't want to add anymore shit to your plate," he confessed.

"Jake that's very sweet, but you're like a brother to me. That's how I've always seen you and I don't think I would see you any other way," I didn't want to hurt him. I didn't want to lose my best friend.

"Maybe you just haven't given it enough thought and really considered it," he looked up and I met his blue eyes.

"I'm with Eric, Jake." I stated, not knowing how to get around this.

"He's a jerk, Alex! Why would you want to be with someone like him?" He questioned, I could hear the venom in his voice.

"The same reason you'd want to with someone like me," I countered. Before Jake could argue back, some sat down next to me.

"Eric," Jake nearly spat. I wasn't sure if I was happy to see him at this exact moment or not.

Eric ignored Jake and turned to me. "I woke up and you were gone," I looked over at Jake and saw him duck his head, his fist clenched.

"I had some brother stuff to deal," It wasn't really a lie, but it wasn't the whole truth.

"Is he done being an asshole?" I noticed that his tone was different. It was the same tone that he used with everyone else in Dauntless, flat, and cold.

"I'm sure it wasn't Four being the asshole in the situation," I heard Jake mumble. Eric's attention snapped from me to Jake.

"I didn't realize that you were a part of this conversation," Eric growled.

"Just expressing my opinion," Jake shrugged.

"Don't," Eric snapped.

"Eric," I placed my hand on his thigh, trying to shift his attention from Jake back to me.

"Do you have a problem with me?" Jake questioned, starting his quest to push as many as of Eric's buttons as possible.

"Why would I have a problem with someone who doesn't know how to mind their own goddamn business?" He shot back.

"You know exactly why," I shot Jake a nasty glare, but he was too focused on Eric.

"You put your hands on her hand again and we're going to have a serious fucking problem, got it?"

"Is that supposes to scare me?" I swear to god Jake was trying to get himself killed.

Eric gave him a wicked smiled. "Don't be stupid, kid. Back off or you'll regret it."

Eric got and stood behind me, leaning over, "We have a meeting to go to after training. Don't be late," he kissed my neck, sending shivers down my spine, before leaving, as if he was marking his territory. I was surprised by his sudden affection in public. I assumed it was just to piss off Jake.

As Eric walked off, I gave Jake one last look before I gathered my trash and got up to leave. "I'm sorry, Jake, but nothing is going to happen between us. For your own sake, don't do anything to piss him off. I can only do so much."

"Alex…" he pleaded.

"I'm serious, Jake." With that I turned and made my way to the training room, my thoughts on the meeting that was to come later that day. Maybe Max was finally going to get us all in about his plans with Erudite.

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